Nothing CMF Phone 2 Pro

The CMF Phone 1 was my favourite budget phone of last year, and honestly, probably my favourite budget phone ever.

- Luke Baker

It's an incredibly stylish phone with a fun modular design, which tend to be things reserved for pricey flagship devices - and not a phone that costs just over £200.

Now, less than a year later, its successor has landed. The CMF Phone 2 Pro has everything that made the original a hit, but it now comes with a better main camera, two new auxiliary lenses, a speedier chip, added NFC and plenty more besides.

The 'Pro' moniker hints that a non-Pro model could be on the horizon, but we've had confirmation that this phone is the only successor. Thankfully, though, the new model doesn't come with much of a price hike. It costsf £219, just £10 more than the original CMF Phone.

The CMF Phone 1 was already incredibly easy to recommend, and all signs point to this model being even better, but the only way to know for sure is to test it out. After living with it for almost a week, here's everything I learned.

DESIGN

The CMF Phone 2 Pro has a similar design to its predecessor. You still get the same Accessory Point screw in the bottom-right corner, along with the same exposed screws in similar locations across the back panel.

This is no bad thing, from a design standpoint, the CMF Phone 1 was already one of my favourites. I’m pleased to see that Nothing is leaning in the same rugged utilitarian direction for this model.

The most obvious change is with the cameras. The two larger lenses get their own circular aluminium-effect rings, while the ultrawide and flash unit sit on a separate elongated island. It's not a drastic change, but it’s immediately noticeable, and it's a clear indicator that the CMF team has put some work into the optics.